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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita sparked an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support for Gulf Coast residents. Unfortunately, some members of Congress are attempting to use the hurricanes as an excuse to push through legislation that would give huge payoffs to cash-rich energy companies, at the expense of the health and safety of Americans. These powerful special interests are trying to capitalize on these catastrophic events to push controversial proposals -- some of which were specifically rejected in the sweeping energy bill enacted this summer.

In the House, the misnamed “Gasoline for America’s Security Act of 2005” would grant enormous subsidies to energy companies, while attempting to remove key public health and environmental protections. Many of these rollbacks have absolutely no relation to the recent hurricanes or to America’s gasoline supplies -- they are nothing more than recycled pieces of “wish-list” legislation that the oil and gas industry have not been able to succeed in passing any other way.

The House will vote on this industry handout bill in just 48 hours. We cannot let opportunistic oil companies use one environmental disaster as the justification for creating another. Please tell your representative to oppose this misleading and harmful bill!

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